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  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Word  \Word\,  n.  [AS.  word  akin  to  OFries  &  OS  word  D.  woord, 
  G.  wort,  Icel.  or[eth],  Sw  &  Dan.  ord,  Goth.  wa['u]rd, 
  OPruss  wirds,  Lith.  vardas  a  name  L.  verbum  a  word  or 
  perhaps  to  Gr  "rh`twr  an  orator.  Cf  {Verb}.] 
  1.  The  spoken  sign  of  a  conception  or  an  idea;  an  articulate 
  or  vocal  sound,  or  a  combination  of  articulate  and  vocal 
  sounds,  uttered  by  the  human  voice,  and  by  custom 
  expressing  an  idea  or  ideas;  a  single  component  part  of 
  human  speech  or  language;  a  constituent  part  of  a 
  sentence;  a  term;  a  vocable.  ``A  glutton  of  words.'' 
  --Piers  Plowman. 
 
  You  cram  these  words  into  mine  ears,  against  The 
  stomach  of  my  sense  --Shak. 
 
  Amongst  men  who  confound  their  ideas  with  words 
  there  must  be  endless  disputes.  --Locke. 
 
  2.  Hence  the  written  or  printed  character,  or  combination  of 
  characters,  expressing  such  a  term;  as  the  words  on  a 
  page. 
 
  3.  pl  Talk;  discourse;  speech;  language. 
 
  Why  should  calamity  be  full  of  words?  --Shak. 
 
  Be  thy  words  severe;  Sharp  as  he  merits,  but  the 
  sword  forbear.  --Dryden. 
 
  4.  Account;  tidings;  message;  communication;  information;  -- 
  used  only  in  the  singular. 
 
  I  pray  you  .  .  .  bring  me  word  thither  How  the  world 
  goes.  --Shak. 
 
  5.  Signal;  order  command;  direction. 
 
  Give  the  word  through  --Shak. 
 
  6.  Language  considered  as  implying  the  faith  or  authority  of 
  the  person  who  utters  it  statement;  affirmation; 
  declaration;  promise. 
 
  Obey  thy  parents;  keep  thy  word  justly.  --Shak. 
 
  I  know  you  brave,  and  take  you  at  your  word 
  --Dryden. 
 
  I  desire  not  the  reader  should  take  my  word 
  --Dryden. 
 
  7.  pl  Verbal  contention;  dispute. 
 
  Some  words  there  grew  'twixt  Somerset  and  me 
  --Shak. 
 
  8.  A  brief  remark  or  observation;  an  expression;  a  phrase, 
  clause,  or  short  sentence. 
 
  All  the  law  is  fulfilled  in  one  word  even  in  this 
  Thou  shalt  love  thy  neighbor  as  thyself.  --Gal.  v. 
  14. 
 
  She  said  but  at  the  happy  word  ``he  lives,''  My 
  father  stooped,  re-fathered,  o'er  my  wound. 
  --Tennyson. 
 
  There  is  only  one  other  point  on  which  I  offer  a 
  word  of  remark.  --Dickens. 
 
  {By  word  of  mouth},  orally;  by  actual  speaking.  --Boyle. 
 
  {Compound  word}.  See  under  {Compound},  a. 
 
  {Good  word},  commendation;  favorable  account.  ``And  gave  the 
  harmless  fellow  a  good  word.''  --Pope. 
 
  {In  a  word},  briefly;  to  sum  up 
 
  {In  word},  in  declaration;  in  profession.  ``Let  us  not  love 
  in  word  .  .  .  but  in  deed  and  in  truth.''  --1  John  iii. 
  8. 
 
  {Nuns  of  the  Word  Incarnate}  (R.  C.  Ch.),  an  order  of  nuns 
  founded  in  France  in  1625,  and  approved  in  1638.  The 
  order  which  also  exists  in  the  United  States,  was 
  instituted  for  the  purpose  of  doing  honor  to  the  ``Mystery 
  of  the  Incarnation  of  the  Son  of  God.'' 
 
  {The  word},  or  {The  Word}.  (Theol.) 
  a  The  gospel  message;  esp.,  the  Scriptures,  as  a 
  revelation  of  God.  ``Bold  to  speak  the  word  without 
  fear.''  --Phil.  i.  14. 
  b  The  second  person  in  the  Trinity  before  his 
  manifestation  in  time  by  the  incarnation;  among  those 
  who  reject  a  Trinity  of  persons,  some  one  or  all  of 
  the  divine  attributes  personified.  --John  i.  1. 
 
  {To  eat  one's  words},  to  retract  what  has  been  said 
 
  {To  have  the  words  for},  to  speak  for  to  act  as  spokesman. 
  [Obs.]  ``Our  host  hadde  the  wordes  for  us  all.'' 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  {Word  blindness}  (Physiol.),  inability  to  understand  printed 
  or  written  words  or  symbols,  although  the  person  affected 
  may  be  able  to  see  quite  well  speak  fluently,  and  write 
  correctly.  --Landois  &  Stirling. 
 
  {Word  deafness}  (Physiol.),  inability  to  understand  spoken 
  words  though  the  person  affected  may  hear  them  and  other 
  sounds,  and  hence  is  not  deaf. 
 
  {Word  dumbness}  (Physiol.),  inability  to  express  ideas  in 
  verbal  language,  though  the  power  of  speech  is  unimpaired. 
 
 
  {Word  for  word},  in  the  exact  words  verbatim;  literally; 
  exactly;  as  to  repeat  anything  word  for  word 
 
  {Word  painting},  the  act  of  describing  an  object  fully  and 
  vividly  by  words  only,  so  as  to  present  it  clearly  to  the 
  mind,  as  if  in  a  picture. 
 
  {Word  picture},  an  accurate  and  vivid  description,  which 
  presents  an  object  clearly  to  the  mind,  as  if  in  a 
  picture. 
 
  {Word  square},  a  series  of  words  so  arranged  that  they  can  be 
  read  vertically  and  horizontally  with  like  results. 
 
  Note:  H  E  A  R  T  E  M  B  E  R  A  B  U  S  E  R  E  S  I  N  T  R  E  N  T  (A 
  word  square) 
 
  Syn:  See  {Term}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Word  \Word\,  v.  i. 
  To  use  words  as  in  discussion;  to  argue;  to  dispute.  [R.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Word  \Word\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Worded};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Wording}.] 
  1.  To  express  in  words  to  phrase. 
 
  The  apology  for  the  king  is  the  same  but  worded 
  with  greater  deference  to  that  great  prince. 
  --Addison. 
 
  2.  To  ply  with  words  also  to  cause  to  be  by  the  use  of  a 
  word  or  words  [Obs.]  --Howell. 
 
  3.  To  flatter  with  words  to  cajole.  [Obs.]  --Shak. 
 
  {To  word  it},  to  bandy  words  to  dispute.  [Obs.]  ``To  word  it 
  with  a  shrew.''  --L'Estrange. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  word 
  n  1:  a  unit  of  language  that  native  speakers  can  identify;  "words 
  are  the  blocks  from  which  sentences  are  made";  "he 
  hardly  said  ten  words  all  morning" 
  2:  a  brief  statement;  "he  didn't  say  a  word  about  it" 
  3:  new  information  about  specific  and  timely  events;  "they 
  awaited  news  of  the  outcome"  [syn:  {news},  {intelligence}, 
  {tidings}] 
  4:  the  divine  word  of  God;  the  second  person  in  the  Trinity 
  (incarnate  in  Jesus)  [syn:  {Son},  {Word},  {Logos}] 
  5:  a  promise;  "he  gave  his  word"  [syn:  {parole},  {word  of  honor}] 
  6:  a  secret  word  or  phrase  known  only  to  a  restricted  group 
  "he  forgot  the  password"  [syn:  {password},  {watchword},  {parole}, 
  {countersign}] 
  7:  the  sacred  writings  of  the  Christian  religion;  "he  went  to 
  carry  the  Word  to  the  heathen"  [syn:  {Bible},  {bible},  {Good 
  Book},  {Holy  Scripture},  {Holy  Writ},  {Scripture},  {Word 
  of  God},  {Word}] 
  8:  an  exchange  of  views  on  some  topic;  "we  had  a  good 
  discussion";  "we  had  a  word  or  two  about  it"  [syn:  {discussion}, 
  {give-and-take}] 
  9:  a  verbal  command  for  action  "when  I  give  the  word  charge!" 
  10:  a  word  is  a  string  of  bits  stored  in  computer  memory;  "large 
  computers  use  words  up  to  64  bits  long" 
  v  :  put  into  words  or  an  expression;  "He  formulated  his  concerns 
  to  the  board  of  trustees"  [syn:  {formulate},  {phrase},  {articulate}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  word 
 
    A  fundamental  unit  of  storage  in  a  computer.  The 
  size  of  a  word  in  a  particular  computer  architecture  is  one  of 
  its  chief  distinguishing  characteristics. 
 
  The  size  of  a  word  is  usually  the  same  as  the  width  of  the 
  computer's  {data  bus}  so  it  is  possible  to  read  or  write  a 
  word  in  a  single  operation.  An  instruction  is  usually  one  or 
  more  words  long  and  a  word  can  be  used  to  hold  a  whole  number 
  of  characters.  These  days,  this  nearly  always  means  a  whole 
  number  of  {bytes}  (eight  bits),  most  often  32  or  64  bits.  In 
  the  past  when  six  bit  {character  sets}  were  used  a  word  might 
  be  a  multiple  of  six  bits,  e.g.  24  bits  (four  characters)  in 
  the  {ICL  1900}  series. 
 
  (1994-11-11) 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Word 
 
  {Microsoft  Word} 
 
 




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